Is Belief Overrated?
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Introduction
Elaine pagles ela n is. He best selling author of a number of beautiful books and the harrington spear paine professor of religion at princeton university. She became famous in the seventies for her book, gnostic gospels which is an exploration of the gospels discovered in the naghamadi scrolls from the earliest days of christianity. These gospels were buried by monks because they were deemed heretical when the canon, i e, the new testament was formed in the fourth century. We also talk about how religious tradition shape how we understand ourselves regardless of our faith or lack thereof....
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